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Efosa Udinmwen

This is the "worst-selling Microsoft product of all time" - and there's a good reason you've probably never heard of it

Microsoft Mach 20.
  • The Mach 20 tried to bridge the gap between generations of PCs - but instead achieved near-total obscurity
  • Only 11 units of OS/2 for Mach 20 ever reached customers
  • Eight users who bought OS/2 for Mach 20 quickly returned it, disappointed

In the history of Microsoft’s successes, from Windows to its expansive suite of office software, lies an almost forgotten misstep which stands as a lesson in technological timing.

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